The Sun. — London, England, 1810-12-25 00:00:00

L NDO TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1810. . . We regret extremely to state, that it• was this morning currently reported that His MAJESTY'S. indi.position had taken a most alarming turn. At a very early hour this morning, an express arrived tram Windsor at Carlton House, ,and the' PRINCE of WALES set off for Windsor without a moment's lay. We are happy to add :bat our fears have been in a great measure relieved by the following Medical Report :-- " Windsor Castle, Dec. as, tho. " His MAIEiTY had a severe attack of fever yesterday evening; but he got some hours sleep in the night, and the • symptoms are very much abated - this morning." " H. R. REYNOLDS. • W. HEMMEN. " R. WILLIS." • H. HALFORD. Dispatches were this morning received at Lord LIVERPOOL'S Office, from Lord WELLINGTON. No event : of any consequence had taken place since the last accounts;but we understand that the move ments' of the French indicate a disposition to con tinue - their retreat. Lord WELLINGTON, with his usual atiivity, was preying upon the French, in every dire6tion upon their front, while ,the Porta.: geese and' Spaniards, were continually, harassing their sear. It is stated that 6000 of DitOUET'A corps, in ap proaching the scene.ot aEtion, were panic-struck, an.! tnarChed back again into Spain. . 'We are happy to add that the British army is in perfect health, and abundantly supplied with pro vi • The French frigate that. remained under prtitec, tiun of La Hogue batterieS, in making her esoape, has got ashore, and all her masts and bowsprit gone she is apparently a mere wreck. There are a string of quer* in the Morning Chronicle of this day, signed " A MILITARY MAN: . which advert to all those gloomy preditions, and repeat all those sophistical sE.e ulations in which that Paper so often indulges. We shall at present content ourselves with takiu3 the last of these. que ries, viz. " If these things should be proved, what is JOHN. BULL to think of the coi:duet of our Expe-. ditions ?" In answer to which we shall merely say, that if these things should not be proved, what will oliN BULL think of the Morning Chronicle and the Uppositien ? LUCIEN BUONAPARTE left Plymouth on Sunday for Ludlow, in Shropshire. Madame B. and fa tnity acre to follow him in a few days. The circumstances relative to the arrival of LUCIEN BUONAPARTE in this country, ait: said to be as follow :—ln consequence of the repeated demands of NAPOLEON, that he should separate from his wife, and suffer his future destiny to be arranged by the French Ruler ; and the repeated ref - nazi' of LUCIEN to conform to these demands; the latter began w be apprehensive that forcible measures would be resorted to by NAPOLEON, and therefore LUCIEN, many months ago, wrote from Rome to Mr. HILL, our Minister at Sardinia, re questing that that Gentlernah would obtain from his Court, a passport fur LUCIEN and his Family to proceed to America. Mr. HILL, naturally anxious IC) • facilitate the removal of one brother from an other, \who seemed likely to resort to the most des perate violence in order to accomplish his purpose, ventured to send an answer, encouraging LUCIEN to proceed to Sardinia, and then communicated.what he had done to our Government, who immediately expressed their refusal to grant the pasiports. - Mr. HILL then wrote to LUCIEN, to inform him, that the permission which he' requested could not be oLstiined. - LUCIEN, however, soon availed liiinselt of the favourable letter from Mr. HILL, and pro ceided'to Sardinia, alleging that the prohibitory letter never reached him. The Qu,EEN and Princesses ELIZABETH and MARY took an airing yesterday to Maidenkhead and through Toplow, &c. Prin62ssts AucusTA'and SOPHIA rode yesterday on hot seback ioWindsor Great Park, for two - hours, accompanied by Lady CRAWLIZY, General CART. , WRIGHT, and Colonel TAYLOR. This' morning- we. receiket3 - . Z. isi.cn Papers,. of which the followipg are the mete intereitin tents : 1 • -- . , LISBON, DEC. uo:—There is - nothing near from the army. It is in agilation to fortify a line from Setubal by Palmula to Moit.t, which it is generally believed may be rendered a stfong at is necessary to defend the opposite , coast. Extra6l of a lAttir from' is Excellency Marshal General Lord WELLINGTON, to his Exe4.:llency Don M tours. l'E' REIR A Foaj AZ; dated the Bth of, Deceinbeir, 18to. " No alteration of, importance has taken place in the position of the ctiemy's 'troops since the Ist inst. the date of my antecedent dispatch, whiCh I transmitted to your Excell.ncy, relative to the oper ations of the campaign. I have no accounts from Cadiz since the 19th of last mouth'. • Cadiz Gazettes to the 211 h November have .ar rived. The place continued healthy. -T h e Coun cil of Regency has applied to the Cortes for an,en listing of men, to recruit, and augment the difte - - rent Spanish armies, on which subje& a Decree was ordered to be drawn up on the 15th . of No vember. Porto,. DEC. g.—Yesterday morning of vial ac counts were received here, that a French force of 2000 horse, and 3000 infantry, enteed Condelra on the night of the . 6ill of this .mooth. 1 4 *nother column was advancing towards Monte Mar; and a third to the Ponte de Murcelia... It is supposed that Coimbra is their objea ; l,ut as the M6ndego has swollen considerably, they will not be ableto cross. .General FANE will prove Otiit the Reach must not, as a matter of course,. be vitiorious. Concleira only two leagues from Coimbra, many, perhaps, may think they would make the, attack yesterday. Some, however, 4iiipole 'they will wait for rein forcements, and till the ilvers - ii . furkiable. ... PO . RTO, NOV.'CB.—The enemy Still continue to retreat it is thought he will cross above the Ponte de Murcella. , Deserters iay he is greatly distressed for 'wart of cartridgeg, some - of. his rken having only two or three. POitTO, Nov. 21.—We are all in high spirits here on 'account of SILVEIRA'S success near Pinhel; on the 15th, over the advanced guard of the French, consisting of 5000 French, which he completely de feated, with the loss of 300 meh. In consequence of this victory, this body of troops was prevented joining MASSEN k. OPORTO, Nov. 23.—Official accounts have been received that the enemy are retreating by Ocourn, and from the dire Lion of that road, they must pass by Figuere dos Venhbs,. Espinhal, and Ponte de Murcella, but the bridges are broken down at Mur cella. All the rivers are greatly swollen. 1 I.S. AR R.! F Lisbnn, 2 Dublin. Dos-1 Malta, 2 Water- ford. t 1 i i" N. QUIS UIC,KS FALSUM AUDEAT? LISBON, Dec. 3. Extrait of an Official Communication from Marshal Gene. rat Lord WELLINGTON, to his Excellency MIGUEL P. REIRA FORJAZ, dated Cartaxo, December i, 1810. - . The corps of ,the enemy's troops, the advanced guard of which engaged with the troops commanded by General SILVEIRA on the 14th of the last month, of November, moved to the left and made its ap pearance on the 19th in the Subugal, on the Coa, where it marched in the direttion of Belmonti and and Fundao, and taking the two roads which lead to the Zezere, through Lower Beira,, reached Carde gan on the the 25th of same month ; The Militia of Lower Beira continually hang on the rear of the enemy, and cause him a consider able loss. This said detachment of the enemy's troops consists of those which left Portugal with General hcix, who went to Paris, and of those be longing to the three corps of the army of Portugal which were left in Salamanca, Ciudad Rode rigo, and Almeida, to garrison the said places, of three or four battalions detached from the eighth corps by order of the Emperor, under the command of General SEVKAS, for the purpose of manceuvering on the - frontiers, and of the convalescents of the army of Portugal, composing, in the whole, a force of about 2.4(10 men. • It is difficult to ascertain the exact nUrnher of the said reinforcements, hut, to my estimation; it does not exceed 8000 men. The troops who compose the 9th corps form the garrisons of these places in Castile whence the troops were wi►hdrawn why lately entered Por tugil. The enemy continues to mlintain himself in San tarem, the strength of which position has been con siderably increased ; he has also fortified a poll in Punhete, on the left bank of : the river Zeere, and another in the environs of Perner and Mean trade, on the right of the position of Santarem, and Watches, with the most careful attention, all our movements in that direction. The . weather has been constantly very bad ever since the middle of November; the cross roads are alogether impassable for artillery, and very .difficult for the passage of infantry, white at the same time thew.iteri are out, and the low grounds overflowed. .All the-aceounts which I receive frOm'Castile.U4a: , _ . .nirnously assure me, that the Spanish flying parties, contrnue.lo at with the nii - nost adiVtty and that their operations 'against the enemy have of late proved very successful. I have the honour to remain with — cb — riSideralien and respeal, &c. (Signed) WuL I N GTON. (Lisbon Gtuette, Dec. 3.) According to authentic letters received - from di vers parts of Portugal, our peasants killed 50 French, and took 17 plisoners, between Fundao and Mo-- radal, and destroyed 2t30 men and 400 horses between Sobreira, - Formosa, and Cardegar. They have also taken prisoner a servant of MAssENA, whose head, quart2rs,are in Thomar..—(Same Paper.) Ltsnox, DEC. 2.—The last accounts from Abran-: tes state," that on the 17th ult. the enemy cannon aded the Spanish troops posted on the Southern balks.of the Zeiere, Who returned the fire. The French occupied , with \-their advanced guards the heights contiguous to Punhill, while their main body occupied the i town. Near the church our Lady of the Martyrs, the enemy consltuaed 4 a kind of redoubt ; LuisoN's head-quarters were in Montalos. On the 18th,- in the evening, the regiments of .Per tugueie horse, Nos. .4 h and totti, arrived 'in Ahrantes; with the battalion - of chaseurs, No. sth, and English troops were also expected. The enemy occupled the same •position, (LisbOn Diary, Dec. 3.) RADAJOZ, DEC. I.—The Spanish troops as well as the French continue in the same pOsitjonc, We learn from Placentia, under date of the 22d of November, that the flying party, comet inded by the gallant Don,JALtco, had lately three engage ments with the French, the result of vt hich was, that he killed 120 men, and took 72, with 74 horses, 100 bullocks, several equipages of French Officers,' some. , sheep;and a Dirge quantity of wheat, • A traveller who lately arrived in Siruela from' Madrid, states - th-at . a large:convoy .which Ittelyt-le-fr the capital on its way to Bayonne, with .a Lla rg e quantity of gold and plate, was intercepted by the patriots, and 140 French killed on thB" Occasion. LISBON, DEC. 5.—A number of deserters and soners continue to arrive from the eneiny — all;i7e last week. The former are almost all Germans or Italians. • By them we learn, that all the foreign trcops in the French service were at an allowance , of half a ra tion of bread, with scarcely any flesh meat, and that a diarhcea prevailed throughout the whole French army, of which many of the soldiers died, daily. Our ordenauzas which have divided themselves into small parties, and in fact form a kind of national guerrillas,' continue to harass the enemy, arid every day become more familiarized with a war which must continually become more destructive to the French. • OPERA MEETING.—Another meeting of Noble-. men and Gentlemen took place on Saturday last, at the Thatched-house, when Lord BRUCE again took the Chair. The chief subjea of dis;cussion was Mr. TAYLOR'S demand of . fifty pounds, in addition to two hundred and fifty, as the annual subscription for boxes in the three principal tiers. After several speakers had delivered their sentiments, all of which were of the same nature, it was resolved that a Com mittee should be appointed, to take Mr. TAYLOR'S proposals, and the terms of the letter in which they were conveyed, into consideration, and to require his reasons for the restrictions he proposed, and the ad vanced price he demanded, and requesting the Sub scribers not to pay their subscriptions till the Com mittee shall have made its report. It was also re solved that if Mr. TAYLOR should dispossess any Sub scribers of their boxes in the mean time, application should be made to the LORD CHAMBERLAIN, • re questing him to recal his license.—The thanks of the Meeting were given ro Lord BRUCE, snd a copy of the resolutions were immediately- to-be-transmit ted to Mr. TAYLOR. The same Noblemen and Gentlemen, we rnlier stand, met again yesterday. at the Tiaatcli'd House, when, it is said, that Mr. Tkvi,oa. proposed to stth mit to them the account of the receipts . and dis hursementsof the King's Theatre, in order to prove the urgency of his demand of an increased-subscrip tion. At the same lime, his Treasurer, Mr. REID, was directed to "attend the Committee with the vouchers to verify the statement. The Committee, are to inspeCt these accounts before. they make their Report. On Saturday afternoon, all the animals brought as a present to his MAJESTY by the ALGERINE AMBASSADOR, arrived in town from Portsmouth ; consisting of three Horses, two Lions, four Ante lopes, a beautiful Ostrich, a Mountain Cow, and some others. Tile Horses were taken to.the King's Mews. The Lions and other animals were convey ed to the Tower. The Mountain Cow is an entire new animal in this/country, and is a very singular curiosity. Last night no less than seven Norwich Coaches, drawn with six horses each, arrived at different inns 'in the city, with. sealed doors and windows, all the inside passengers, as well as those without, consist ing of dead game, and crammed turkies, hung in .sausage chains ! The dress sent by the Dey of Algiers as a present to the QUEEN, is declared ; by one of her Majesty's Housthold, to be more superbly elegant than any she possesses: it• is purple and gold, with buttons m ade of diariionds, the largest ever seen. Last night we received Paris Papers to the 13th, - * , and Dutch of a later date. We have also been fa ' votired with extras from private letters received from Holland, which are filled with the usual com- Tlaints of loss 'of trade and commercial distress. Thes great House whiCh had stopped payment at Arn,ter dam, has, how4'er, been enabled to resume busi ness.; One fetter fl: - 6n1• the Coast stales, that there hfids Ten re-Dtrtelt towns,' in consequence of; the desperate zituation of the multitude of unfortunate labourers thrown out ,of emplqiiient by the total stags *ion of track.— following are a few 'articles seleBted 'from the papers . and letters : FRANKFORT, DEC. 4.—M4ny millions' worth of cotton goods of,. Engli\Ai mannlatureliave. been . 'seized and burnt.. They belongedto English. merchants; they were at 'Frankfort merely as a deposit. GLUCKSTADT, Nov. Ws.—Serious measures hare been taken here to examine whether the declara-, tinns of the bankers and merchants of this town, with tesped to i:olonial productions and• English tnerchandize, were exad.. For this putpose the houses and mapzinez of the merchants were shut at nine in the nrrning„ and the Cust:nn-linuse offi cers, together with. - the magistrates of the town, inspeded: them ;. hut notwithstanding the most . stria investigation, no error 'was found. MII,AN, DEC. 2:—General *SeVeroli arrived here this day from the army in Catatonia, where he had taken the command prOvisionally, in the absence of General Pino. General Severoli has• de;ivered the 'Viceroy, a letter from - Marshal Macdonild, in which he praises the Italian troops. 'He loft Gerona on the. 19th of November,- . The army is. in good 'condition, and provisions are ablandant. AUGSBURGH,' DEC. the article i of Eng lish merchandize confiscated in •this town were ye,- terday carried to, ,the great meadow without: tle gate of Goekingen, and °successively cominit.ted t o the flames; in pursuance of an order received trout Munich. ' : STOCKHOLM, Nov._ 29.---General Von Ahind has set out from tins city for St. ,Petersburgb ; he has dispatches of - some importance. It is stated, among persons who are well informed in these mat— ters; that a treaty is negociatmng between Russia and this country, respeCtin the future Proprietorship of Finland. Of. this ue. shall be ab:6 to sp. ak more positivdly in a few-days ; but it is reported, that tb Count Ronianotf may be - expeded at Stockholm ote this subjea. ST. -PETERSBUROET, Nor.. 7.,-Steps have been taken *for the , imtnediate sale of the cargoes of the Teneriffe ships. . The following. Note has been transmitted to the-Custoin-house Agents at Riga : " It is ordered that the strictest examination et all the warehouses of Ri.,aa'shaii take place, in con s rioetiCe 9f information bil , ing given ro' his . Maje.ty . the Emperor, by the Ministers of his AlaieS;i ;Emperor, of the French, that - they "are tilled with - British goods, that have been intrudocei in a - wt:y contrary to the law.". . PEItrICI;NAN, Ntiy. 14. 77 The day before yester daY 7004 troops;',.lMncipally,ltalians, arrived here 00 thFir way to Spain. These . are part of a detach ment Of - 20;0,00 men, who are expected .before the . new year. They gave before been employed against 'the English in Calabria.- The return of Oeneral ARMSTR-ONG to America has not, we understand, much contributed to the in crease of that partiality which a very 111.11111:101.1i and attive party in that country are known to entertain) towards France: Letters from Norfolk in Virginia, to the 25th ult. were received yesterday, whicts, state, that Mr. AII3TRONG, since his arrival, ho had several interviews with the President on the subject of the relations with France. The result of his communications are eupposed not to have bet the most satistaetoq?, as some of the friends of the Government had been heard to declare, that tlicr would rather the Proclamation had not appeared..-- - The letters also remark, that since the interviews b tween the President and Mr. ARX , TRONG, riot Ocia . tirade has appeared in the " National. Intelligencer against England. - A vessel — , the Maria, from Dieppe, is arrived SC • Ramsgate, in distress. She has a Messenger of board with dispatches from Mr. Russect., the Amea' rican Charge d'Affaires at Paris, to Mr. Pltig.sisf-• They are conjettured to relate to the determination. of the French Government on the recent Procis" [nation of the President of the United States. Th_ 6 ' ' Maria, it is said, was not permitted to land the Met'. senger and dispatches at Deal, off which 'port sb 6 ,' first appeared. It is reported that Mr. PINKNRY has sent over 10 Fiance to 'ascertain whether any American vessel! 1' Ave been lately seized and confiscated in the port' of that country, contrary to -the •pledge held co t ' that the Berlin and Milan, Decrees would cease I C exist subsequent to the Ist of November last. *Thi' 4 information is considered indisl:ensable towards rh o . further progress. of any a rr angemen t w hi c h have betrn 'negotiating between this country and t ll6 United State... Yesterday orders were issued by Lord J 0 1": THYNNE, 3s Vice-ChtuttherNin, for the mournitio to-change on, Sunday the till) of January. .The Duke of CUMBERLAND lett Windsor yeste r• . day morning, but txpeeled to return to Keen l II ' Cnri o tinas with her ilelliesty. To-day the LORD MAYOR arderd price Bread to be continued at Is. 2id. Sunday "the Prince of WALPS and the Dake„ i CUMBERLAND arrived at Windsor, and dined the.QuIEN, PRINCESSF.S, Arid the Duke ,of Cyr' BRIDGE. Mr. MILTON, who is to perform the extraordiol l o ' distance of'9o miles in fi ve h ours , from Lonci'llAii Stamford, will start from Dover-street on l'hurti morning at eight. o'clock. He will proceed Waltham Cross and th e Huntingdon road• ' l7 odds are seven to four against the performance. A verdiet of 2501.41amaees was gi, en on 511°f. i dly, in the Court'of Common Pleas, against on g .,i o the proprietors of the Brighton stage-conch ° ; o l , favour 'of a Mr. L ew i s , w h o was Seriously 1)111'44 in consequence of the vehicle's br , ?likiog down way to London. Lc Se ia: P fc b, 7 0 1 3 t; II